James Thomas Stevens

James Thomas Stevens (Aronhió:t'as) is a Akwesasne Mohawk poet and the author of The Golden Book (SplitLevel Texts, 2021) and Combing the Snakes from His Hair (Michigan State University Press, 2002). He was a finalist for the National Poetry Series in 2005, and, in 2000, was a recipient of the Whiting Award. A professor of creative writing at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Stevens lives in Cañoncito, New Mexico.